Post-puller.



H. MAGNAN.

POST FULLER.

APPucATmN man Nov. 12, 19:7.

1,295,54K Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

HENRY MAGNAN, 0F BEAULIEU, MINNESOTA.

POST-FULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

Application led November 12, 1917. Serial No. 201,510.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY MAGNAN, a eitizen of the United States,residing at Beaulieu, in the county of Mahnomen and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Post-Fullers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in post pullers and moreparticularly to those of the hand-operated type. One object is toprovide a post puller of' very simple construction which is cheap tomanufacture and very efficient in operation. With the foregoing andother objects in view the invention consists in the combination andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out inthe appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing whichforms a part of this speciflcation.

The illustration is a perspective view of my improved post puller inoperation.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a base plate upon which the convergingsupports 2 are supported, said supports being connected and braced bythe block 3. A pivot i connects the upper ends of the said supports 2and serves as a fulcrum for the lifting lever which comprises thecam-shaped head 5 having the integral operating handle 6. The said head5 is formed with a pluralityT of apertures 7 any one of which mayreceive the pivot 4c so that the fulcrum point may be changed to providea greater or less lever* age as desired.

' To the head 5 I secure the oppositely disposed lugs 8 having bent orhooked ends 8a. Lugs 9, oppositely disposed, are secured by pivots 10 tothe head 5 at an angle to the lugs 8, both sets of lugs 8 and 9extending to the edge of the head 5, and the lugs 9 being formed withthe curved free ends 11. A

chain l2 has one 'of its ends permanently in engagement with one of thelugs 8, its other end being adapted for releasable engagement with thehooked end 8El of the other lug 8, and another chain 13 has one endpermanently in engagement with one of the curved ends 11 of one lug 9,its other end being adapted for releasable engagement with the curvedend of the other lug 9; both of said chains being adapted for disposalabout the post 14 to be raised. A contractile spring 15 secured to eachlug 9 is secured also to the lower end of the head 5 and serves toyieldingly draw said lugs toward the lower end of said head.

In operation, with the lchains 12, 13 about the post to be raised theoperator depresses the handle 6 which causes the said chains to exert alifting strain upon the post and to work it loose from its moorings andraise it.

What is claimed is y In a post puller, a supporting element, a camshaped head fulcrumed in said supporting element and, in operation,affording a bearing surface for the post with the minimum danger ofbinding, hooked lugs secured to said head in pairs, said pairs of lugsbeing disposed at an angle to each other and located above and below thepoint of contact of the said head with the post, springs connecting onepair of lugs and said cam shaped head, and chains carried by said hookedlugs to engage the post.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.k

HENRY IVIAGNAN.

Witnesses z A. L. THOMPSON, CHAs. F. VONDRA.V

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve oents eaoh, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, ID. C.

